The New York Jets positioned Greg Zuerlein on injured reserve and signed fellow kickers Riley Patterson and Spencer Shrader to the follow squad on Wednesday.
Both Patterson or Shrader will play for the Jets (2-6) on Thursday in opposition to the visiting Houston Texans (6-2). Each kickers labored out for the staff on Tuesday.
Zuerlein, 36, is nursing a left knee damage. He has made simply 9 of 15 field-goal makes an attempt — with an extended of 40 yards — and 13 of 14 extra-point tries this season.
Patterson, 25, made 59 of 67 field-goal makes an attempt and 93 of 97 PATs in 39 profession video games with the Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars and Cleveland Browns since getting into the league in 2021.
An undrafted rookie out of Notre Dame, Shrader, 25, made all 3 of his extra-point makes an attempt whilst kicking in a single sport for the Indianapolis Colts this season.
Additionally on Wednesday, the Jets signed linebacker Marcelino McCrary-Ball to the energetic roster and launched protection Jaylen Key from the follow squad.
McCrary-Ball, 25, has one take on in 3 video games with the Jets this season. Key, 24, has signed and been waived through the Jets on 3 events. He had but to seem in a regular-season sport, then again.
–Box Degree Media
